Main entry: waxy, bendable, pliable, pliant
Definition: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Usage: a flexible wire; a pliant young tree
Main entry: elastic, pliable, pliant, flexible
Definition: able to adjust readily to different conditions
Usage: an adaptable person; a flexible personality; an elastic clause in a contract
Main entry: malleable, tractile, tensile, ductile, pliable, pliant
Definition: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Usage: ductile copper; malleable metals such as gold; they soaked the leather to made it pliable; pliant molten glass; made of highly tensile steel alloy
Definition: capable of being influenced or formed
Usage: the plastic minds of children; a pliant nature